Glenville-Emmons baseball defeats Houston 4-2

Published 8:30 am Friday, April 10, 2009

In a prelude to what might become the race for the Southeast Conference championship, the Glenville-Emmons baseball team came through with a 4-2 victory over Houston in Glenville.

Junior Jon Mittag was spectacular on the mound and in the batter’s box.

Mittag threw a complete game with eight strikeouts. Mittag scattered five hits and allowed two runs.

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Mittag was also potent from the plate. He went 3-for-3 with a triple and an RBI. Michael Thofson was 2-for-3 and hit an RBI.

The Wolverines made up for Tuesday’s loss to Blooming Prairie.

Glenville-Emmons took advantage of Hurricane costly errors en route to the win.

Glenville-Emmons 4, Houston 2

Houston 200 000 0 — 2 5 3

Glenville-Emmons 010 300 x — 4 9 2

WP — Jon Mittag 7 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 8 K

LP — Pete Killdahl 7 IP, 4 R, 9 H 1 BB, 7 K